do-app-platform-skills: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

do-app-platform-skills CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from digitalocean-labs/do-app-platform-skills. It costs 767 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A project instruction guide for a documentation repository about deploying applications on DigitalOcean App Platform. It explains the repository structure, shared references, and routes to specialized skills.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when locating instructions for App Platform deployment, application settings, databases, credentials, regions, instance sizes, or specialized platform tasks.
Why use it?
It helps contributors or AI agents find the right deployment guidance and understand that the repository contains knowledge and helper scripts rather than a conventional application.

Instructions file for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: the file is CLAUDE.md. Also seen: mentions CLAUDE.md; mentions Claude Code.

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CLAUDE.md · 83 lines

How it starts

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CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

Project Overview

This is a knowledge/skill repository for DigitalOcean App Platform, not a traditional application. It contains structured documentation and helper scripts designed to assist AI agents (like Claude) with DO App Platform deployments.

No build system - this is documentation with embedded scripts, not compiled code.

Repository Structure

SKILL.md                    # Router - dispatches requests to appropriate sub-skills
shared/                     # Common reference data used by all skills
  ├── AppSpec-Reference.md  # Field-level syntax, constraints, regex patterns
  ├── bindable-variables.md # Database and component variable reference
  ├── credential-patterns.md# Secure credential handling patterns
  ├── instance-sizes.yaml   # Instance sizing and pricing
  ├── regions.yaml          # Available regions and platform mappings
  └── opinionated-defaults.yaml
skills/                     # 11 specialized sub-skills (designer, deployment, postgres, etc.)
  └── skill-name/
      ├── README.md         # Quick overview
      ├── SKILL.md          # Concise router (150-350 lines)
      ├── reference/        # Detailed documentation (loaded on-demand)
      ├── scripts/          # Helper bash/Python scripts
      └── templates/        # Reusable configurations

Architecture

Skill Routing

The root SKILL.md is a router with a decision tree that directs user requests to specialized skills:

  • Natural language → trigger phrase matching → route to skill
  • Skills are self-contained but reference shared data

Key Skills

  • designer - Natural language → App Spec generation
  • deployment - GitHub Actions CI/CD setup
  • migration - Platform migration (Heroku, AWS, Render, etc.)
  • postgres - Database configuration and multi-tenant patterns
  • troubleshooting - Debug and diagnostics

Credential Handling (Critical)

Three-tier hierarchy enforced throughout:

  1. GitHub Secrets (preferred) - encrypted, per-environment
  2. Bindable Variables - auto-populated by DO for managed services
  3. Ephemeral - generate → use → delete (never display passwords)

Read the full file on GitHub · 83 lines

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